What with one thing and another, not much has been happening lately on my workbench. So, just to keep things moving, if only at a snail's pace, here is my Lynton & Barnstaple 8-ton Bogie Open Wagon.

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It is, of course, PECO's rather nice 4mm scale rendition. As my projected layout will be set around 1905, this particular vehicle is only very lightly weathered as it would have been almost new. At that time, it was vacuum-braked only, so the hand brake lever has been removed - a simple job to just pop it off! The weathering was carried out using Humbrol powders, mainly dark earth and a little smoke, which when I was happy with the effect was fixed with a dusting of acrylic lacquer.

The biggest job was the interior - when new it comes in bare black plastic finish. The floor is a separate piece, so this was popped out, and it and the interior of the sides and ends painted in enamel in my new wood mix cobbled together from Humbrol pale cream + white + pale blue, which gives a light cream with a slightly greyish tint. When that's dry, I then over-paint the individual planks with thin washes of acrylic, mixed from dark earth, a little mid-grey and a touch of bright green. The differences in the hues of the planks is achieved by over-painting some more than others. I think it works quite well. A little dusting with weathering powder ties it all together, and again the finish was fixed with acrylic lacquer.

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Hopefully, there should be some more entries soon!

Cheers,

Mark